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Mastering QuickBooks 2022 - Third Edition

By : Crystalynn Shelton
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Mastering QuickBooks 2022 - Third Edition

By: Crystalynn Shelton

Overview of this book

Whether you have bookkeeping experience or not, handling the financial side of your growing business requires expertise. With Mastering QuickBooks® 2022, Third Edition, you’ll learn how to use QuickBooks® to build the perfect budget, simplify tax return preparation, manage inventory, track job costs, generate income statements and financial reports, and perform all accounting-related tasks with ease. Throughout the book, you’ll be guided by an experienced Certified Public Accountant and Advanced Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor – from setup to core features and beyond. This new edition has every chapter revised to cover a range of new features and updates available, including smart invoicing and cash flow projections. You'll learn how to create multilingual invoices, track mileage, work with a cash flow dashboard that helps you with cash forecasting and planning reports, and upload batches of bills and checks. This book will also teach you how to manage sales tax, including how to set up, collect, track, pay, and report sales tax payments. In addition to this, you’ll explore how to export reports to Google Sheets, use the custom chart builder, import budgets, and perform smart reporting. By the end of this book, you'll be well-versed with QuickBooks and have the confidence to manage all your bookkeeping tasks with ease.
Table of Contents (27 chapters)
Free Chapter
1
Section 1: Setting Up Your Company File
8
Section 2: Recording Transactions in QuickBooks Online
13
Section 3: Generating Reports in QuickBooks Online
18
Section 4: Managing Employees and Contractors
21
Section 5: Closing the Books and Handling Special Transactions
24
Other Books You May Enjoy
25
Index

Generating payroll reports

By now, you know that QBO includes a library of preset reports that provide business owners with an insight into every aspect of their business. There are several summaries and detailed reports you can generate to gain insight into your payroll costs, payroll deductions and contributions, vacation and sick leave, and payroll taxes. These reports will help you to complete payroll tax forms and make payroll tax payments to the appropriate state and federal tax authorities.

Follow these steps to generate payroll reports:

  1. Click on Reports on the left navigation bar, as indicated in Figure 15.13:

    Figure 15.13: Navigating to the Reports Center

  2. Scroll down to the Payroll section and you will see several reports, as indicated in Figure 15.14:

    Figure 15.14: Payroll reports available in QBO

  3. The following is a brief description of the information you will find on five key payroll reports:
    • Paycheck List...